Conure reaction to toy~ good or bad?

[BaxtersMom]

Ok, I bought a stuff toy monkey for my dog yesterday.  It's about 15 inches long and super colorful.  It is motion activated and makes money sounds (oooh oooh aaaahh aaahh) and his legs moves when he does this.:laugh:   It's really funny actually.My dog likes crazy stuffed animals but when I brought it in the house and showed my dog, Bonkers my conure flew through 2 rooms and attacked it in my hands!:ohmy:  He literally landed on it's face and he screamed and shrieked and bit it's face like crazy then he flew back to the boing rope in the living room and kept on squaking and biting his bell untill it stopped making the monkey sounds.  He acted angrier than I have ever seen him act before.  I have never seen him act in this way since we've had him.Now many of you know Bonkers was lost and I took him in a few months ago so I don't know any of his history other than he was well taken care of and very very loved.  He is super tame.  My questions about this are Do you think he had something like this in his past home??  Could it have been one of his favorite toys?  I have heard that parrots will take to a toy and beat the crap out of it but that means that it is their favorite toys. Or is this something very scary to him and he really does hate it?  I am thinking maybe we shouldn't let him see it ever again:unsure: We have only let him see 3 times now cuz we are not sure what's going on with him.The last time he attacked it was yesterday (when we got it)  It was on the table and the cat set it off and Bonkers flew from his cage (through 2 rooms again) and jumped on it's head and started biting it again along with all the angry noises.  Then after beating it up he went back to his boing rope and beat the bell up real bad.  Earlier that day it was making noise and Bonkers was on my husbands shoulder and he bit my husband just cuz he heard the noise.It's really funny to watch but not sure if he should see it again.  But if it is a favorite toy of his I don't want to deny him of it either.Anybody have any thoughts on this? 

 

This picture is when we showed it to him when he was on his boing rope and he will travel up the boing to reach and bite the monkey. Just don't know if it's good or bad yet. After the monkey I did show him a tiny stuffed teady bear and he acted scared of it and flew away. Wouldn't go near the sweet teddy bear. Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/10/19 20:45

 

Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/10/19 20:47<br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/10/19 20:49

[siobha9]

If you cant tell if he is afraid of the toy or just playing with it, I would err on the side of caution and keep it from him. There is no point in scaring him unnecessarily and he has lots of other toys that he does enjoy.

[BaxtersMom]

That's what we were thinking and why we decided to put it up. We certainly weren't expecting a reaction like that:ohmy: It wasn't like he was afraid of it but more like a mission to kill it:evil: . He flew a long ways to get to it and bite it but was still so riled up untill the noise stopped altogether. It was very strange. I can't help but think there must be something behind it from his past. Thanks for answering:)

[siobha9]

SOunds like my caique with my husband! Iron bars wont keep him from attacking him:P Who knows what triggered it, it could well be something in his past, but I think you are right to hide it from him.

[BaxtersMom]

Yep, Monkey isn't allowed out anymore. Can't take the risk with Bonkers.

[judygram]

Poor little monkey, destined to fall into the back of the closet never to be seen again:laugh:

 

That probably is the wisest thing to do since Bonkers had such a reaction to it, can't have a conure going off half cocked.:woohoo: :angry: :whistle: :pinch:

[MommaFawkes]

Oh I agree..No more monkey! My conures would fly to attack and kill only when they were really bothered by something..like my landlord:blink: So I would say that he does in fact hate that little monkey! lol